I thought the idea of "playing the Game of School" was interesting because I have a hard time looking back at my education and seeing the indicators that the game was being played. With project based learning, its really easy to motivate students to learn about what they are interested in, which in turn makes for great class share outs and discussions. I can, however, see the Game of School being played at my sister's high school, because she goes to our town's public school. I'm surprised everyday by the stories she comes home with about teachers - teachers calling kids bad things, giving up on good teaching, or just being lazy when it came to helping students succeed. I don't know how much I agree with the "Game of School" idea. I think it's a nice analogy for some aspects of bad education, but for me, a game is too real, too much a reality. One the one hand, Fried is arguing that the GOS is imaginary, but on the other he argues that it also exists in reality.
The reading didn't really change my personal view of education, because I have not experienced the GOS personally on a large scale. I can understand that for some assignments in my life I just did whatever I had to, but I really do get something out of every homework assignment or reading. I do think there is a big connection between the GOS idea and the mindsets we learned about, as well as with the idea of strategic and deep learning. This analogy just takes things out of a student lens and into a lens through which one can view an entire school.
The reading didn't really change my personal view of education, because I have not experienced the GOS personally on a large scale. I can understand that for some assignments in my life I just did whatever I had to, but I really do get something out of every homework assignment or reading. I do think there is a big connection between the GOS idea and the mindsets we learned about, as well as with the idea of strategic and deep learning. This analogy just takes things out of a student lens and into a lens through which one can view an entire school.